{"id":7891,"date":"2020-05-13T17:32:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T12:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=7891"},"modified":"2020-05-13T17:32:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T12:02:45","slug":"ngos-warn-of-spurt-in-unwanted-pregnancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/ngos-warn-of-spurt-in-unwanted-pregnancies\/","title":{"rendered":"NGOs warn of spurt in unwanted pregnancies"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-section\" data-type=\"type-1\" data-alignment=\"left\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Relevance: Prelims: Governance: Health<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/c68suh\/article31552447.ece\/alternates\/FREE_435\/TH11Family-planningcol\" alt=\"Coronavirus lockdown | NGOs warn of spurt in unwanted pregnancies ...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u2022 Experts have warned that a temporary ban on family planning services at government facilities and poor access to contraceptives during the lockdown will result in lakhs of unwanted pregnancies, leading to a spurt in unsafe abortions and maternal deaths.<\/p>\n<p><b>About:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 An analysis, conducted by the<strong> Foundation for Reproductive Health Services (FRHS)<\/strong> India, estimates that nearly 2.56 crore couples may not be able to access contraception services during the period after the lockdown and until the return of normalcy by September.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 This will lead to a loss of 6.9 lakh sterilization services, 9.7 lakh intra-uterine contraceptive devices (IUCDs), and 40.59 crore condoms, among other forms of contraception.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 As a result, there will be an additional 23 lakh unintended pregnancies, 6.79 lakh childbirths, 14.5 lakh abortions (including 8.34 lakh unsafe abortions), and 1,743 maternal deaths.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Foundation for Reproductive Health Services India is a leading Indian NGO working since 2009. It is an affiliate of Marie Stopes International, a global organization providing personalized contraception and safe abortion services to women and girls across 37 countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Telegram Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Prelims: Governance: Health Why in news? \u2022 Experts have warned that a temporary ban on family planning services at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[392],"class_list":["post-7891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7892,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7891\/revisions\/7892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}